中国传统信仰与社会

中国传统信仰是多样化的.有为社会秩序服务的政治信仰,如所谓的"儒教";有为个人健康服务的生命信仰,如佛教和道教;还有介于上述二者之间既为政治秩序服务也为个人生命服务的混合形态的信仰,如三一教.中国传统信仰的多样性表明,在一个发达的文化系统中,信仰世界也像生物世界一样,存在一个多样化的系统,信仰多样性的原因在于社会本身的多样性.

Chinese Traditional Beliefs and Society

A variety of traditional beliefs exist in China. Some work for social order, called political belief such as Confucianism; some serve for personal health, called life belief such as Buddhism and Taoism; and some possess the both functions as a mixture, such as San-Yi religion. A variety of Chinese traditional beliefs show that in a developed cultural system, religious world, just like the biological world, composes of a multilayer system. The diversity of beliefs results from multiformity of the society itself.